Trump lashed out at House Speaker Nancy Pelosi after the Democratic leader accused him of engaging in a 'cover-up'
Somewhat surprisingly, the president seemed to agree with Democrats on how the meeting went -- a near replay of when Trump angrily left a meeting with Democrats during the 35-day shutdown and refused to negotiate.
Then Trump stormed out of the room without Democrats even getting a chance to speak. Pelosi was also angry and said she “knew he was never serious about infrastructure" as administration staff were in the room.“He is looking for every excuse,” Schumer said at the news conference in the Capitol. “The investigation was going on three weeks ago when we [first] met” on infrastructure.
Sen. Tom Carper said the White House meeting felt like a set-up when the Democrats realized no Republican lawmakers were invited. Wednesday’s blowup puts to rest any hopes that the parties will unite on a massive, multitrillion-dollar infrastructure vision anytime soon — and certainly before the 2020 election.
White House officials, however, were largely unfazed by the president’s seemingly abrupt Rose Garden appearance, with one official calling it “business as usual” inside the West Wing.In a preplanned appearance at the Center for American Progress, Pelosi called the whole encounter “very, very, very strange.”
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